Sole and heel plate.



- "m, c. MoqUNm sop AND- HEEL 'PIIATE, APPLICATION nun An. 10,-" '1900.

9 1 7,476 Patented Apr. 6, 1909;.

- Sole and Heel Plates, of whic 1 the following to a shoe and the sole, thereof. The plate invention will be presently described and a smooth surface and will protect t is a similar view of the sole plate with UNITED ST T S PATENT" OFFICE,-

- Mann c; MCCUNN, OF INDIANA, PENNSYLVANIA.

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To all whom it may concern: r Be it known that I, MARK CrMoCuNN, a citizen of the United States of America, residing'at Indiana, in the county .of Indiana and State; of Pennsylvania, have'invented certain new and useful Im rovements in is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanyin drawing. 1

This invention re ates to sole and heel plates for shoes, and the object of my invention is to provide a novel shoe attachment that will prevent a person from sli ping upon he sole and heel of the shoe.

My invention aims to rovide a shoe attachment which can be a vantageously'used by millnien having hot plates to walk upon that would tend to burn and destroy the leather of a shoe; which can be used by tinners and all roofers when placing a roof upon a house, the attachment in this instance reventing a tinnerfrom slipping; and, w ich can be used to prevent persons from slipping upon ice, frozen and smooth surfaces. To this end, I construct a metallic skeleton plate adapted to be strapped or otherwise secured can be provided with depending pegs or lugs, with transverse metallic strips, or with rubber lates.

-,T e detail construction entering into my then specifically pointed out in the appended claim. v

Referring to the drawing forming a part of this specification, Figure I is an elevation of my sole plate, Fig. 2 is a bottom plan of the same, Fig. 3 is anelevation of the sole plate equipped with depending lugs or pegs, Fig. 4

knurled rubber plates, Fig. 5 is an elevation of the sole plateprovided with metallic strips and, Fig. 6' is a bottom plan of the same.

In the accompanying drawings, 1 designates a metallic plate conforming in shape to the sole and heel of a shoe, said plate being provided with openings 2 and a heel, opening 3 toprovide alight skeleton structure. The openings 2 form the sole portion of the *late with a series of transversely extending ars. i

The toe of the plate 1' isprovidedwith an up i Specification of Letters Patent. Application filed April 10, 1908. Serial 1510. $26,394.

I SOLE AND HEEL PLATE.

wardly extending apertured toe plate 4, the

heel with an upwardly extending lug 5, the

side edges of the sole with upwardly extending apertured lugs 6, and the side edges of the heel with upwardly extending apertured lugs 7. The lugs 7 are provided with instep encircling straps 8 buckled together, as at 9.

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One of the straps 8 is connected to the toe plate 4 by a strap 10, and said strap 10 is connected intermediate its ends to strap 1 1 buckled together, as at 12 and connected to the. sole lugs 6.

The straps 8 to 1 1 inclusive form a harness for securing the plate. 1 upon the sole of a shoe, and the-toe plate 4-. and lugs 5 to7 inelusive prevent the plate from sliding upon a shoe sole. In this connection, I would have it understood that the plates are made of various sizes and configurations to fit upon the soles of shoes of various sizes? The plate 1 is provided with a plurality 1 of openings 13 and suitably secured in said openings are pegs or pins 14; these pegs or 1 with rubber plates 16 and 1,7, the plates 1,

16 and 17 beingworn by tinners and all roof-,

ers in lieu of ordinary rubber shoes, which are injurious to the feet.

Having nowdescribed my invention wha't I claim as new, is;

An attachment for the soles of boots and shoes, comprising a .metal plate shaped to conform to the sole and heel of a boot or shoe, the sole portion of said plate provided with a series of o enings forming said portionwith a series 0 transversely extending bars, the heel-portion of the plate having arelatively largeopening, said openings in said portions providing a plate of skeleton like formation, an upwardly-extending curvilinear lug carried by the rear'endof the heel ortion of said plate, upwardly and forwarr ly extending apertured lugs carried by the side edges of said heel portion of the plate, u wardly and intta dly extending' apertured ugs carried b t e side edges of the sole portion of the spertured toe mp carried by the front end of seid sole portion of the plate, an instep strap connected to the side lugs of said heel portion, a top strap connected to said instep 5 strap and to the toe cap and a cross strapeonnected to the sole portion of said plate and to. the said top strap.

is testimony whereof afiix' my signature in the presence oftwo witnesses. 4 V C. M OUNN.

Witnesses:

HARRY W. FEE, ELDER PRELOT. 

